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Letters Patent No. 81,312, dated'August 18, 1868.

IMPROVED CLOTHES-BOOK AND LINE-HOLDER COMBINED.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONERN :v

Be it'known that I, THEOPHILUS WEAVER0` Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin, and State of Pennsyl` venia, have invented a new and useful Line-Holder and Clothes-Hook Combined; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being `had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon. y

The nature'of my in'vention consists in constructing, combining, and arranging this holder and hook in the manner hereinafter set forth. p

In the drawings, -making a part of this specification- Figure 1 represents a perspective view. Y

Figure 2 represents a front view yof the holder, with a. clothes-line inserted.

Figure 3 also represents a front view ofthe holder without aline, and modified in form.

I construct my holder and hook of two parts, namely, a bed-plate and a lever. The lever, as shown in figs. 1 andi?, has a screw-scat, 1, equidistant from two pins, b and b', which stand at right angles with and ferm part of twobranches, m and m', ot' lever-head. The said branches are so united at the screw-seat 1, as to give strength to the lever at that place.

The body of thedever is further extended, so as to readily adjust it in one of. two ways, either by providing it with a tail-piece, L, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, or by dispensingA with said tail-piece L, and providing the branches m and m with extension-hooks L L', by which it cannot only he adjusted,l but'which also serve as hooks for suspending clothing upon them. The other parts, b b', m m', 1, being identical in both forms.

The bed-plate B, figs. 1 and 2, has a circular body, B, upon which, near theouter edge, are cast two posts, a a', at right angles to the disk of plate, `which are also eqnidistant from the screw-seat 1, made for the poising of lever, which' seat is a little out of the centre of plate B,`toward hook E R S. Said posts a a. are located on a line parallel with the postsb b', when leveris placed, with tail-.piece L, in line `with hook E R S, and are at the sainel time suilieiently distant from said posts b b to allow a line to pass between and t', b" and v', respectively, as'shown in iig. 1. Said posts ac are concave-convex in form, the eoneaves v v being designed to nip the line more rmly, as shown at b v a, iig. 2, yet having its edges slightly rounded so as to avoid cutting the rope. The fiuted sides of the pests a a are turned so that the lever-heads b b will fit into them when the lever is vihrated. I v

The bed-plate is further provided with a neck, 2, which is another screw-seat, to hold it in place. In the line of' the screw-seats 1 and 2, the necx is prolonged into a clothes-hook, sweeping the curves E R S, as shown in iig. 1, terminating in a little bulb. The neck R S isthe clothes-hook proper, the part E B. serving to bring it away from the wall or post, While it also serves' to hold the'linefas shown in fig. 2.

vThe bed-plate, as shown in fig. 3, has all the parts, S E 2 B, a al, v if', identical with the same in figs. 1 and 2, the onlydiilerenee-being in the form ot' the lower end` of B, while the posts a a are massed into one post a z in fig. 3, having the working surfaces the same. `l

The operation of my holder and hook is as follows: lhe device is fastened to a post or other object by means otf theserews 1 and 2, the screw 1 also poising the lever at Vthe saute time that it helps to maintain the position of thebed-plate, ns'seen injigs. Zand 3. The line oreurtain-eord is passed over the curve E R, fig. 1, as seen at K K K in Iig. 2, and drawn between the head b andr concave post v', until it is suilieiently stretched, andbeing held in this position, the otherjaw, b e, is opened, by vibrating the lever, either by means of the tail-pieee L, fig. 2, or by one of the. hooks L,4iig. 3. The line is then laid into thejaw b v, and the lever left free to clamp it by the act of tension, which is effected by the stretched line on post b', the opposite head b being drawn down; thus the Aline is nipped between b o. The deflection of the line between the concave v and the cylinder b is acute, and the i'rietion is so intense as to hol'd the line firmly.

It is observable that the line may be drawn, stretched, and clamped from the opposite direction, by reversing itsinsertion and the draught ofthe lever. It will also be noticed that a front draught can be had as the t bend of the hook E R S, at E R, tig. 1, is such as .to prevent its slipping over the top of the hook.

The arms'E R S and L L, fig. 3, constitute the clothes-hook or hooks, for indoor use. Its advantages are that a coat, hat, or other article can be hung upon it, while the holder is-used forv suspending a, line or cord for window-blinds, and can be made cheaply.

I claim the Combination of the hook S, lever L, and the posts a b and a.' bf, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

THEOPHI-LUS WEAVER.

Witnesses:

C'. A. SNYDEP., EUGENE SNYDER. 

